Arbuthnott
A tartan of the Arbuthnott family.
Its design is pattern BKBKBKGWGBGWGKBKB — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
Clan tartan based on the Black Watch; sett registered with Lord Lyon in 1962.
The Arbuthnott tartan groups 3 setts — the same named design recorded as different cloths (its kilt, Carpet, Child's…, or a transcription apart). The master sett (★) is the exemplar.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
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| Arbuthnott ★ | DB/4 K1 DB1 K1 DB1 K4 G2 W1 G2 DB2 G2 W1 G2 K4 DB5 K1 DB/1 | 65 | 1962 | |
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| · ×1 — Arbuthnott | 0.00 | DB/4 K1 DB1 K1 DB1 K4 G2 W1 G2 DB2 G2 W1 G2 K4 DB5 K1 DB/1 | 65 | — |
| · ×2 — Arbuthnott | 0.00 | DB/8 K2 DB2 K2 DB2 K8 G4 W2 G4 DB4 G4 W2 G4 K8 DB10 K2 DB/2 | 130 | 1962 |
| 2 Variants: Arbuthnott · Arbuthnott | ||||
| Arbuthnott | 0.55 | DB/36 K8 DB8 K8 DB8 K38 G14 W4 G16 DB16 G16 W4 G14 K38 DB38 K8 DB/8 | 520 | ~2003 |
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| (Clan) | 0.56 | LB/30 K4 LB4 K4 LB4 K28 G24 W4 G8 LB8 G8 W4 G24 K28 LB30 K4 LB/4 | 406 | 1962 |
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Nearest tartans
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Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.